TY  - THES
AB  - The thesis tackles the controversy of the rhythmic 
type of Polish. In the first chapter, the concepts of 
timing, duration, meter and rhythm are defined. 
The rationale for not using “rhythm metrics“ to 
answer the main research question is provided in 
chapter two. Their robustness, inability to model 
hierarchical structures and the lack of grounding in 
relevant perception and production processes are 
discussed. A coupled oscillator model (COM) 
(O'Dell and Nieminen, 2009) and the discipline of 
coordination dynamics are introduced in the third 
chapter. Past results on rhythm modeling using 
linear regression are portrayed and linked to the 
COM, as demonstrated in (O'Dell and Nieminen 
2009), namely: relative coupling strength 
expresses the coordination between the phonetic 
syllable level and the rhythmic prominence, as 
derived from inter-level timing phenomena. The 
model is implemented using spontaneous speech 
data from Polish dialogues. The results suggest 
that as speech rate increases, the syllabic 
oscillator gains influence over the rhythmic 
prominence oscillator in Polish. In the final chapter, 
the “voicing effect” and the “geminate effect” on 
preceding vowel duration are analysed. The 
hypothesis of a duration balancing effect exerted 
by the syllabic oscillator on the constituent 
segments in these contexts is tested. The results 
suggests that the hypothesis is weakly supported. 
An articulatory effort-based explanation is 
suggested instead.
DA  - 2013
LA  - eng
PY  - 2013
TI  - Speech rhythm variability in Polish and English: a study of interaction between rhythmic levels
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-26041148
Y2  - 2024-11-23T23:34:47
ER  -